The 900,000-year-old Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could become Tang Chen's Fifth Soul Ring. It was not an ideal match, but Spiritual Sharing would still be useful.
At worst, he could find a few more Immortal Herbs, push the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to a million years, and then absorb him.
And on this trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, he could stop by to find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and grant it a little good fortune.
If everything went well, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could become his Eighth Soul Ring.
So Tang Chen said goodbye to everyone at home and flew alone toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Tang Chen did not go straight to the Lake of Life. Instead, he searched the area around it to see if he could find the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Whether by heaven's favor or sheer coincidence, Tang Chen had barely begun looking when the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger delivered itself to his doorstep.
Tang Chen was in a dense forest a dozen or so miles to the left of the Lake of Life.
Suddenly, he heard something chewing.
He strode straight toward the sound without a care.
In a clearing lay a 40,000-year-old Rock Armor Heavy Beast, long dead. Its massive body was mangled, its hard armor shattered layer by layer. Bloodied flesh covered it, and its Soul Power had dispersed completely.
Perched atop the beast's enormous corpse was a terrifying black tiger.
It was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Not a single stray color marred his coat. His fur was black as the deepest abyss, smooth yet cold and hard as metal. A dark, sinister light seemed to flow through every strand, swallowing the light around him.
He was powerfully built and nearly